Submitted to: Contest #314

The worst Heatwave experience

Written in response to: "Write a story set during a heatwave."

Adventure Drama Fiction

A heatwave consist of trapped air for a period of time.Factors that are related to the global effects of our hemisphere and the entire planet earth.

The month of this July has truly been the hottest month in the history of our earthly region. It has affected a series of negative harm to people and the regions. The heatwave has cause many elderly people, especially who live in area like Boca Raton, Florida. The heatwave has cause floods, and tornados that has destroyed homes.

Most residents are panicky on what to do, full of anxiety, and frustration.

Although most people who lives in these area, were somewhat acquainted with the procedure on how to maintain during a heatwave. Watch for dizziness, swelling in ankle, muscle cramps rapid pulse, drink liquid, and wear light clothes.

Most of the were frighten since it effected their breathing and blood pressure.

A couple named Thomas and Lillian, decided to escape this heatwave, by Flying to Toronto, Canada to surprise visit their adult grandchildren. They were in a hurry to escape the heatwave that they forgot to turn off the air condition and lights. Immediately, they called their neighbor Dan and left a distress message on his voice mail. The message clearly stated where they were traveling and need him to break into the house to turn off lights and central air conditioning, since they don’t know when they will return. When Dan got the message several hours later, the heatwave was worst, however, Dan was determined to break through a glass window. Dan was a large man who could stuck while trying to get his large body through the window. Dan fainted in the middle of the window, while pouring large amount of sweat.

A neighbor who lived several blocks away, passed by Thomas and Lillian’s house, saw a man hanging from a window. The neighbor immediately call the police because the neighbor thought the man was burglarizing someone house. Out of curiosity he drove closer for a better view and noticed Dan had fainted and called for paramedic. The paramedic arrived just in time to revive Dan before he suffered a heatstroke!

After Dan was revived, he was able to discuss the problem to the police. The police called Thomas to confirm the story. However, Thomas and Lillian’s phones were turn off, per instructions of the flight attendants.

Thomas and Lillian landed in Toronto safely. Thomas turn his phone on to see his messages. There were fifty messages. He told Lillian and she panic, shocked , nervous until she passed out right by the gate where they exit from the plane. While medic were working on her, Thomas was able to listen to the messages without interruption. He return the calls and texts to the police, and Dan, apologized for the problem he caused his neighbor.

Lillian, was revive! They called their adult grandchildren with the surprise that they were at the airport. When the grandchildren picked them up from the airport, there was so much chatting, laughter, and tears, and gratitude to God for safety.

The grandchildren asked how long are they going to stay?

Thomas looked at Lillian for an answer, and she looked back at Thomas. Lillian decided to answer. “ She said, since the weather in Florida is so harsh and unpredictable, especially the heatwave that almost killed us, and did kill some, I think we should make some serious changes where we should live”.

The Adult grandchildren were so glad to hear this news, that they told them they could stay long as they like. Thomas and Lillian stay until the heatwave was gone, then they went back to sell what was left of their house.

They bought a house in Toronto, Canada to spend more time and meals with family. They will never forgot the drama of weather that kills people and destroy property.

After living in a cooler climate and enjoying the weather, Thomas and Lillian decided to visit their friends back in Florida during the so called winter season. The danger of the heatwave left a permanent impact on their brain. Something, we just don’t forget. The neighbors shared their other memories of bad weather. Lillian used this time to share their living climate in Canada. She mention the four seasons of winter,Spring, Summer, and Fall. Dan and his family listen with interested and said they will visit Canada during the summer months, since they also remember the cold weather in Chicago , which is why they moved to Florida. The following year, another Heatwave hit Florida, and did more damage then the one in 2025. Dan and his family did not survive the damage, they died from the flood.

When Thomas and Lillian heard this, they were shocked and hurt. So sorry this didn’t moved sooner.

Thomas and Lillian, thought what can we do to help our neighbors who survived this tragedy from happening again!

They contacted various weather channels asking for more information on how to learn and monitor the weather patterns in the Florida area. Tomas was willing to attend some classes, just to learn for the purpose to educate his friends. Lillian, on the other hand, would fly in, to educate the neighbor's on what Thomas has learn. The neighbors who attended the meeting realize and accepted the area of negative weather was common to their region and decided it was best to move, or possible die in the heatwave, and floods. The ones who did not attend any of the meeting, die from negative weather.

It pays to learn and know the weather you live in for safety reasons. I strongly believe everyone should learn their weather condition to be safe from harm and death.

Thomas and Lillian continue to expand their knowledge also in Canada and other part of our regions.

Most of over violent weather comes from the Greenhouse effect. I learned about the Greenhouse effect many decades ago in high school. No one was ready to accept this information, because they refuse to accept the possibility of what is actually happening now!

Posted Aug 07, 2025
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